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Checklist for Superfamily Pyrgomorphoidea Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
and region Sierra Leone (West Africa)


Class
 
Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects
314
3514
7841
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects
313
3513
7840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects
302
3456
7694
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Polyneoptera
Martynov, 1923
26
198
281
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Orthoptera
Latreille, 1793
Crickets And Grasshoppers, Katydids, Locusts, Wetas
9
136
182
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Caelifera
Geoffroy, 1764
Short-horned grasshoppers
4
102
136
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Acrididea
Song & al., 2015
3
101
135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Pyrgomorphoidea
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
1
9
12
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Sierra Leone
1 Family width 12 Species and 6 Subspecies
Pyrgomorphidae Brunner von ..., 1874Bushlocusts12SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Sierra Leone
9 Genera with 12 Species
Atractomorpha Saussure, 18944SpeciesTaxom
Chrotogonus Serville, 18772SpeciesTaxom
Dictyophorus Thunberg, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Maura Stål, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Phymateus Thunberg, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Pyrgomorpha Serville, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Rutidoderes Westwood, 17711SpeciesTaxom
Taphronota Stål, 17814SpeciesTaxom
Zonocerus Stål, 17582SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sierra Leone
12 Species and 6 Subspecies
Atractomorpha acutipennis Guérin-Ménev..., 1844
Atractomorpha acutipennis gerstaeckeri Bolivar, 1884
Atractomorpha occidentalis Kevan & Chen, 1969
Atractomorpha rufopunctata Bolivar, 1894
Chrotogonus (Chrotogonus) senegalensis Krauss, 1877
Chrotogonus senegalensis senegalensis Krauss, 1877
Dictyophorus griseus griseus Fairmaire & ..., 1847
Maura lurida Fabricius, 1781
Phymateus (Phymateus) cinctus Fabricius, 1793
Pyrgomorpha (Phymelloides) vignaudii Guérin-Ménev..., 1847
Rutidoderes squarrosus Linnaeus, 1771
Taphronota (Taphronota) calliparea (Schaum, 1853)⇒ Taphronota grandis Kevan, 1975
Taphronota calliparea dimidiata (Bolivar, 1904)⇒ Taphronota grandis Kevan, 1975
Taphronota (Taphronota) ferruginea (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Taphronota merceti Bolivar, 1904
Taphronota ferruginea ferruginea Fabricius, 1781
Zonocerus variegatus Linnaeus, 1758Elegant grasshopper
Zonocerus variegatus variegatus Linnaeus, 1758

Subnodes of Pyrgomorphoidea with occurrences in Sierra Leone
FamilyPyrgomorphidae
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 1874
Bushlocusts, gaudy grasshopper, Gaudy grasshoppers, Pyrgomorphs
9
12
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Pyrgomorphoidea at itis.gov